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Mike Silagadze

North America, Ontario, Canada, Toronto

Description

Mike Silagadze is the Founder and CEO at Gadze Finance. He attended University of Waterloo.

Investor Profile

Mike Silagadze has backed more than 13 startups, with 7 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 0 rounds, about 0% of its total and boasts 0 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Series A, Pre Seed rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in Israel, Canada, Poland.
  • Strong thematic focus on Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Cryptocurrency, Blockchain.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (69%)
  • Series A (15%)
  • Pre Seed (8%)
  • Series Unknown (8%)

Country Focus

  • Israel (8%)
  • Canada (8%)
  • Poland (8%)
  • United States (8%)
  • United Kingdom (8%)

Industry Focus

  • Decentralized Finance (Defi)
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Blockchain
  • Information Technology
  • Web3
  • Ethereum
  • Finance
  • Trading Platform
  • Financial Services
  • Network Security
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Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Mike Silagadze frequently co-invest with?

Animoca Ventures
North America, Midland, Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
Co-Investments: 5
CMS Holdings
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 5
Infinity Ventures Crypto
Asia, T'ai-pei, Taiwan, Taipei
Co-Investments: 4
Maelstrom
Asia, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Co-Investments: 6
RockTree Capital
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 4
Builder Capital
North America, Ontario, Canada, Toronto
Co-Investments: 4
Co-Investments: 4
Co-Investments: 5
Bloccelerate VC
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Co-Investments: 4
Stake Capital Group
Europe, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Co-Investments: 5

Which angels does Mike Silagadze often collaborate with?

Shared Deals: 1
MD
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 4
PT
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 2
RK
North America, Colorado, United States, Denver
Shared Deals: 3
Shared Deals: 1
AE
Europe, Limassol, Cyprus
Shared Deals: 1
DD
North America, Florida, United States, Land O Lakes
Shared Deals: 2
BL
North America, California, United States, Los Angeles
Shared Deals: 4
KT
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 4

What are some of recent deals done by Mike Silagadze?

180 Life Sciences

Menlo Park, California, United States

180 Life Sciences developing novel drugs for treating distinct inflammatory diseases.

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareLife Science
Post Ipo EquityJul 29, 2025
Amount Raised: $425,000,000

Veda operates as a vault infrastructure platform.

CryptocurrencyDecentralized Finance (DeFi)
Series AJun 22, 2025
Amount Raised: $18,000,000

Rover is a liquid staking protocol on Botanix that exchanges Bitcoin for rovBTC.

CryptocurrencyDecentralized Finance (DeFi)Web3
SeedMay 20, 2025
Amount Raised: $4,100,000

Neptune Protocol is a decentralized lending platform.

Decentralized Finance (DeFi)FinanceSecurity
SeedDec 10, 2024
Amount Raised: $3,900,000

Magma is a decentralized liquid staking protocol built on the Monad Network, an Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 blockchain.

BlockchainCryptocurrencyDecentralized Finance (DeFi)
SeedOct 30, 2024
Amount Raised: $3,900,000

Fluid Protocol is an over-collateralized, decentralized borrowing mechanism designed exclusively for Fuel Network.

ConsultingFinTechInformation Technology
SeedOct 23, 2024
Amount Raised: $3,900,000

Layer aims to extend the functionality of Ethereum by making the first developer tools.

Developer ToolsEthereum
SeedOct 3, 2024
Amount Raised: $6,000,000
Mind Network

London, England, United Kingdom

Mind Network operates fully homomorphic encryption for AI and PoS networks.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Web3
SeedSep 27, 2024
Amount Raised: $10,000,000

aPriori is an MEV infrastructure and liquid staking protocol.

CryptocurrencyDecentralized Finance (DeFi)Trading Platform
SeedJul 23, 2024
Amount Raised: $8,000,000
Term Labs

San Diego, California, United States

Term Labs is a blockchain research and development business, is to provide scalable, transparent fixed-rate lending on blockchains.

BlockchainFinanceService Industry
Series UnknownJul 9, 2024
Amount Raised: $5,500,000